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Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones cover artvsSuper Metroid cover art

Stealth Inc 2: A Game of ClonesvsSuper Metroid

Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Super Metroid leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Stealth Inc 2: A Game of ClonesSuper Metroid

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Super Metroid leans harder on execution: Wall-jumps, shinesparks and boss dodges demand precise inputs

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones

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Super Metroid